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18 78. 



Buffalo Historical Society. 



Certificate of Incorporation, Constitution and By-Laws, 

List of Officers and Members, 

Collections, Etc 



CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



V 



BUFFALO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 



WITH THE AMENDMENTS TO 1875. 



TO WHICH ARE ADDED 



AN ACCOUNT OF ITS ORGANIZATION, A LIST OF ITS OFFICERS, 

COMMITTEES AND MEMBERS, AND A BRIEF STATEMENT 

OF ITS COLLECTIONS AND TRANSACTIONS. 



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Incorporated January, 1863. 



BUFFALO: 
THE COURIER COMPANY, PRINTERS. 

Office of the Daily Courier, 197 Main Street. 
I875. 



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INTRODUCTION. 



On the twenty-fourth day of March, 1862, the following notice 
appeared in the daily papers of the City of Buffalo : 

Buffalo Historical Socif.ty. 

A meeting of those of our citizens disposed to establish a Historical Society for 
the County of Erie, is requested at the Law Office of Messrs. Marshall & Harvey, 
No. 330 Main St., up stairs, on Tuesday next, 25th inst., at 7 o'clock, P.M. 

Geo. R. Babcock, John C. Lord, D. D. 

Henry W. Rogers, O. H. Marshall, 

Lewis F. Allen, Walter Clarke, D. D. 

William Dorsheimer. 

In pursuance of said notice, a meeting was held at the time and 
place designated therein, at which the following citizens, among 
others, were present : Geo. W. Clinton, Henry W. Rogers, Geo. R. 
Babcock, Oliver G. Steele, Lewis F. Allen, O. H. Marshall, James P. 
White, Walter Clarke, Henry Lovejoy, William Dorsheimer, Albert L. 
Baker, Joseph Warren, David F. Day, Edward S. Rich, John How- 
cutt, and Chas. Winne. 

Lewis F. Allen was appointed Chairman, and O. H. Marshall Sec- 
retary. After some discussion and interchange of views, on motion 
of Henry W. Rogers, the following resolution was unanimously 
adopted : 

Resolved, That it is expedient to organize a Historical Society for 
the City of Buffalo and County of Erie, and that the Chairman ap- 
point a Committee of seven to report a plan of organization. 

Messrs. O. H. Marshall, Rev. Dr. Hosmer, Rev. Dr. Clarke, William 
Dorsheimer, James P. White, Geo. R. Babcock, and Geo. W. Clinton, 
were appointed such Committee. 



The Committee met on the eighth day of April, 1862, and the draft 
of a Constitution and By-Laws was agreed to, and directed to be re- 
ported at a meeting of citizens to be held at the rooms of the Medical 
Association, No. 7, North Division street, on the fifteenth day of 
April, 1862. 

At the time and place specified, and in pursuance of a general 
notice in the daily papers, a highly respectable number of citizens 
assembled, and organized, by the appointment of the Hon. Millard 
Fillmore as Chairman, and O. H. Marshall as Secretary. 

Mr. Marshall, as Chairman of the Committee, submitted the Con- 
stitution and By-Laws prepared by the Committee, and the same were 
unanimously adopted. The documents were ordered to be engrossed 
for the signatures of all such citizens as should desire to become 
members. 

A meeting for the election of officers was held on the twentieth 
day of May, 1862, at the rooms of the Medical Association, at which 
the following persons were elected as officers of the Society for the 
first year. 

Hon. Millard Fillmore, President: 

Hon. Lewis F. Allen Vice-President. 

COUNCILLORS. 

George R. Babcock, Nathan K. Hall, George W. IIosmer, 

George W. Clinton, Henry W. Rogers, O. H. Marshall, 
Walter Clarke, William Shelton, William Dorsheimer. 

At a meeting of the Board of Managers, held May 13, 1862, 
Charles D. Norton was appointed Recording Secretary and Treas- 
urer, and Guy H. Salisbury Corresponding Secretary and Librarian. 

On the tenth day of January, 1863, the Society was duly incorpo- 
rated under the laws of the State of New York, under the name of 
"The Buffalo Historical Society," and the following certificate 
thereof was filed in the office of the Secretary of State. 



CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. 



We, the undersigned citizens and residents of the City of Buffalo, 
within the State of New York, of the full age of twenty-one years 
and upwards, and citizens of the United States, do, pursuant to the 
statute in such case made and provided, hereby associate ourselves 
together, and form a Corporation, or Society, for Historical purposes. 

The name or title by which such Society or Corporation shall be 
known in law, is "The Buffalo Historical Society." The par- 
ticular business and object of such Society and its general design is, 
to discover, procure, and preserve whatever may relate to the History 
of Western New York in general, and the City of Buffalo in particu- 
lar, and to gather statistics of the commerce, manufactures, and 
business of the Lake region, and those portions of the West that are 
intimately connected with the interests of Buffalo. 

The Officers of such Society shall be a President, a Vice-President, 
a Recording Secretary, and a Corresponding Secretary and Librarian, 
Treasurer, and nine Councillors, who, together, shall constitute the 
Board of Managers of said Society. The number of Managers of 
said Society, as aforesaid, shall be fourteen, and their names for the 
first year of its existence, are as follows : 

Millard Fillmore, President. 

Lewis F. Allen, Vice-President, 

Charles D. Norton, ' Recording Secretary. 

Guy H. Salisbury Cor. Secy and Librarian. 

Oliver G. Steele, Treasurer. 

COUNCILLORS. 

George R. Babcock, Walter Clarke, Nathan K. Hall, 

William Dorsheimer, Orsamus H. Marshall, George W. Clinton, 
William Sheltox, Henry W. Roger-s, George W. Hosmer. 



The principal office and place of business of such Society shall be 
located at said City of Buffalo in the County of Erie. 

We, the undersigned members, officers, and managers of such 
Society, do hereby certify the matters above stated, to the end that 
we, our associates and successors, may, pursuant to the statute of the 
State aforesaid, in such case made and provided, be a body politic 
and corporate, by the name above stated, and in witness whereof, we 
have severally hereunto subscribed our names, the thirty-first day of 
December, 1862. 



G. W. CLINTON, 
ASHER P. NICHOLS, 
WM. DORSHEIMER, 
OLIVER G. STEELE, 
HENRY W. ROGERS, 

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MILLARD FILLMORE, 
LEWIS F. ALLEN, 
GUY H. SALISBURY, 
W. A. BIRD, 
GEO. R. BABCOCK, 
O. H. MARSHALL, 
JOHN B. SKINNER, 
HENRY DAW. 



County of Erie, ) 
City of Buffalo, f 

On this sixth day of January, 1863, personally appeared before me, 
George W. Clinton, Asher P. Nichols, William Dorsheimer, Millard 
Fillmore, Lewis F. Allen, Guy H. Salisbury, Oliver G. Steele, AYil- 
liam A. Bird, Henry W. Rogers, George R. Babcock, Orsamus H. 
Marshall, John B. Skinner, and Henry Daw, severally known to me 
to be the persons described in, and who executed the above instru- 
ment, and they severally acknowledged the execution of the same. 

M. P. FILLMORE, 
1 1 'cems.j Commissioner of Deeds 

For the City of Buffalo. 

The undersigned, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court for the 
Eighth Judicial District of the State of New York, hereby consents 
to, and approves of the filing of the annexed certificate, for the 
incorporation of the Buffalo Historical Society. 

Dated January S, 1863. R. P. MARA" IX. 

Filed in the office of the Secretary of State, of the State of New 
York, and in the office of the Clerk of the County of Erie, January 
10, 1863. 



CONSTITUTION. 



i. This Society shall be called "The Buffalo Historical 
Society." 

2. The general object of the Society shall be, to discover, procure 
and preserve whatever may relate to the history of Western New 
York in general, and the City of Buffalo in particular, and to gather 
statistics of the commerce, manufactures and business of the lake 
region, and those portions of the West that are intimately connected 
with the business of Buffalo. 

3. The Society shall consist of resident, corresponding and honor- 
ary members, who shall be elected by a majority of ballots ; and of 
life members, as hereinafter provided. Resident members shall con- 
sist of persons residing in the City of Buffalo, or County of Erie ;* 
corresponding and honorary members, of persons residing elsewhere. 

4. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, a Vice- 
President, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary and 
Librarian, a Treasurer, and nine Councillors, who shall be elected 
annually, on the second Tuesday of January in each year, by a ma- 
jority of ballots, and who shall constitute the Board of Managers of 
the Society. 

5. None but resident and life members shall be eligible to office 
or qualified to vote. 

6. Resident members shall pay an admission fee of five dollars, 
and also an annual due of five dollars, which shall be paid on or 
before the first day of November in each calendar year, after that in 
which they shall have been elected. The election of a resident 
member shall confer no privilege of membership, until his admission 
fee shall be paid. The payment of the annual dues shall be a con- 
dition of continued membership, and any member neglecting to pay 

* " Or County of Eric" stricken out by amendment, June 8, i36g. 



8, 

his annual due before the first day of January next after it becomes 
payable, shall thereby forfeit all his privileges of membership. Clergy- 
men who are flow, or who max hereafter become resident members of the 
Society, shall be exempt from the payment of initiation fees, or annual 
dues* 

The Board of Managers may authorize the Treasurer in his discre- 
tion, to receive the annual dues for any one or more years, without requir- 
ing the pay me tit of all arrearages, and the payment of such annual dues 
for any one year or years, shall entitle such member to all the privileges 
of membership for the year or years for which such annual dues shall be 
so paid. \ 

7. The payment of fifty dollars, at one time, for that purpose, shall 
constitute a life member, exempt from all annual dues. 

8. The Society shall meet monthly, on the second Tuesday in 
every month. The President, or, in his absence, the Vice-President, 
or either of the Secretaries, may direct the call of a special meeting 
in such manner as the By-Laws shall provide. 

9. Those members who shall attend at any meeting of the Society 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

10. All officers shall continue in office until their successors are 
elected or appointed. Their duties, when not herein defined, may 
be prescribed by the By-Laws. All vacancies in office may be filled 
for the unexpired term, at any regular meeting of the Society. 

11. This Constitution may be amended from time to time by a 
majority vote of the members present at a regular meeting, provided 
notice of the proposed amendments be given at least four weeks pre- 
vious to a final vote thereon. 

* The words in italics added by amendment, February 15, 1871. 
t The last clause in italics added by amendment, April 8, 1873. 



BY-LAWS 



i. The meetings of this Society shall be held at the rooms of the 
Society, or at such other place as the President may appoint, and at 
such hour as shall be designated by the Secretary in the notice of 
the meeting. 

2. The Recording or Corresponding Secretary shall give notice of 
each meeting by previous publication of the same in one or more of 
the daily papers of the city. 

3. Any meeting may be adjourned to such time as a majority of 
the members present shall determine. 

4. The President shall preside at all the meetings of the Society, 
regulate its proceedings, preserve order and decorum, and have a cast- 
ing vote. He shall also be the Chairman of the Board of Managers. 

5. The Vice-President shall discharge all the duties of the Presi- 
dent in case of his absence. 

6. The Recording Secretary shall have the custody of the Con- 
stitution, By-Laws, and Records of the Society. He shall give due 
notice of all its meetings, and keep a record of the same. He shall 
be the Secretary of the Board of Managers, and keep a record of its 
proceedings. 

7. The Corresponding Secretary shall have the custody of all 
letters and communications on the business of the Society, and shall 
read to the Society all communications received by him as such 
Secretary. He shall, under the direction of the Society, prepare all 
communications to be addressed to others in the name of the Society, 
and keep true copies of the same. 

8. The Librarian, under the direction of the Board of Managers, 
shall have the custody of the library and cabinet, including all man- 
uscripts, papers, documents, coins and maps, and shall, under the 

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direction of the Board of Managers, provide cases suitable for their 
preservation, and for convenient reference and inspection. He shall 
keep a record of all donations, and report the same from time to time 
to the Society. 

9. The Treasurer shall receive and keep all securities and sums of 
money due and payable or belonging to the Society. He shall keep 
the funds of the Society on deposit, to his credit as such Treasurer, 
in some safe institution, to be approved by the Board of Managers, 
and shall pay all such sums as the Board of Managers shall direct, 
on the written order or warrant of the President. He shall keep a 
true account of his receipts and disbursements, and render an annual 
statement thereof, and oftener if called upon by the Society or the 
Board of Managers. He may be required to give security for the 
faithful discharge of his duti^p, in such sum and form as the Board 
of Managers shall direct. 

10. It shall be the duty of the Board of Managers to control and 
manage the affairs and funds of the Society. They shall make 
annually, on the second Tuesday of January, a report to the Society 
of its acquisitions and transactions for the preceding year. 

11. All books, maps, manuscripts, and other articles belonging to 
the Society, shall be plainly marked with the name of the Society, 
and numbered, and entered in a catalogue arranged for convenient 
reference. 

12. No books, maps, charts, manuscripts, or copies thereof, or any 
other article belonging to the library or cabinet, shall be taken there- 
from without the written permission of a majority of the Board of 
Managers. 

13. Any of these By-Laws may be suspended in case of a tem- 
porary exigency, by the unanimous vote of a meeting duly organized. 
They may be amended from time to time by a majority vote of the 
members present at a regular meeting, provided notice of the pro- 
posed amendment be given at least four weeks previous to a final 
vote thereon. 

14. Any member of this Society may be expelled by the affirm- 
ative vote of two-thirds of all the resident members present at a 
regular meeting, but no such vote shall be taken unless notice of the 
motion to expel shall have been given at a meeting held at least four 
weeks previous thereto. 



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15. On the second Tuesday of January in each year, there shall 
be an address delivered before the Society, by some person to be 
appointed by the Board of Managers. 

16. At the meetings of the Society, and (so far as may be applica- 
ble) at the meetings of the Board of Managers, the following shall 
be the order of business : 

1. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 

2. Reports and communications from the Officers of the Society. 

3. Reports from Committees. 

4. Election of members. 

5. Miscellaneous business. 

6. Reading of Papers and delivery of Addresses. 

17. As soon as convenient after the annual election of officers, the 
President shall appoint from the Board of Managers, the following 
Standing Committees, to consist of three members each, viz.: 

1. On Finance. 

2. On the Library. 

3. On Papers and Property. 

4. On Donations, Subscriptions and Collections. 

5. On Publications. 

6. On Membership. 

18. The President shall be, ex officio, Chairman of the Committee 
on Finance; and it shall be the duty of such Committee to take the 
general charge and supervision of the books, accounts, and reports 
of the Treasurer, and of the finances, receipts, and expenditures of 
the Society. It shall also be its duty to consider and recommend all 
suitable measures to increase the revenues of the Society, and pro- 
mote economy in its expenditures. It shall examine and report 
upon all accounts and claims against the Society, and upon all 
propositions for the appropriation or expenditure of its funds, when 
such propositions have not been reported upon, or made, by some 
other Committee of the Board. 

19. The Committee on the Library shall have the general charge 
and supervision of the Library, and of all propositions and measures 
in regard to its increase, use, and management ; or in regard to the 
procurement, exchange, or other disposition of books, periodicals, and 
pamphlets, or their binding or preservation. They shall cause a full 



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and perfect catalogue of the books, periodicals, and pamphlets be- 
longing to the same, to be made, and, from time to time, corrected, 
continued, and kept, in order to facilitate reference thereto, and 
secure proper accountability therefor. 

20. The Committee on Papers and Property shall have the general 
charge and supervision of all the papers and other property of 
the Society which shall not be catalogued as a part of its Library, 
and thus placed in the special charge of the Committee on the 
Library Committee. It shall be its duty to cause a full and perfect 
list, or inventory of the same to be made, continued, and kept; and 
to propose to the Board, and carry into execution (after the approval 
of the Board of Managers has been obtained), such measures as may 
be deemed expedient for the classification, arrangement, care, pres- 
ervation, and security of such papers, or, for obtaining papers or 
articles of historical or local interest for preservation by the Society. 

2i. The Committee on Donations, Subscriptions and Collections, 
shall have the general supervision and charge of procuring donations 
to the Society, and subscriptions to its funds, or for any special 
object. It shall also have charge of the collection thereof, and of 
all debts, and annual or other dues, to which the Society may be 
entitled; and it shall be its duty to propose proper measures for pro- 
curing donations and subscriptions, and for the prompt collection of 
all such subscriptions, debts and dues. 

22. The Committee on Publications shall have the charge and 
supervision of all publications made by the direction of the Society, 
and shall carefully examine all papers and other things directed to 
be published, in order to discover all errors and defects, and procure 
the correction and remedy thereof. It shall also be their duty to 
make, or cause to be made, for publication, such abstracts or abridg- 
ments of papers as may be required, unless some other Committee 
shall have been charged with that duty. 

23. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Membership to con- 
sider and report upon all questions relating to membership, which 
may be referred for that purpose, and, as far as practicable, to induce 
all proper persons to become members of the Society. 



24. As soon as convenient after the annual election of officers, the 
President shall appoint the following Committees, each to consist of 
three members of the Society, not Managers, viz.: 

i. On the Increase of the Library. 

2. On the Increase of Members. 

3. On Donations and Subscriptions. 

4. On Statistics. 

5. On Portraits, Pictures, and Photographs. 

6. On Local History. 

7. On Indian Reminiscences, Memorials, and History. 

25. It shall be the duty of the Committee on the Increase of the 
Library, to procure donations of books and pamphlets ; to endeavor, 
by other means, to increase the Library, and to propose to the Board 
of Managers such measures for its increase, as may be deemed ex- 
pedient. 

26. It shall be the duty of the Committee on the Increase of Mem- 
bers, to take all proper measures to increase the number of life and 
resident members ; of the Committee on Donations and Subscrip- 
tions, to endeavor to increase the funds and property of the Society, 
by donations and legacies, and otherwise ; of the Committee on 
Statistics, to collect, digest, arrange, and put in suitable form for 
preservation and use, the statistics of the commerce, manufactures, 
and business of the City of Buffalo and the Lakes, and of those por- 
tions of the West which are intimately connected with the business 
of Buffalo; of the Committee on Portraits, Pictures, and Photographs, 
to obtain donations of portraits, pictures and photographs, and espe- 
cially of portraits, in oil, of early settlers and other citizens ; of the 
Committee on Local History, to procure, digest, arrange, and put in 
proper order for preservation and use, materials for a history of the 
City of Buffalo, and of the several towns of the County of Erie; and 
of the Committee on Indian Reminiscences, Memorials and History 
to discover, collect, and arrange in suitable form for preservation 
and use, whatever they can obtain relating to the habits, peculiarities, 
possessions, and history of the Indian Nations and Tribes, now, or 
formerly, occupying portions of this State. 

27. All reports of Standing Committees shall be in writing, but 
they may report by resolution if they shall deem it expedient. 



LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY 



FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE PRESENT TIME. 



1862-1S63. 

Millard Fillmore, President. 

Lewis F. Allen Vice-President. 

Chas. D. Norton, . \ Recording Secretary. 

Guy H. Salisbury Cor. Secy and Librarian. 

Oliver G. Steele, Treasurer. 



1864 



Millard Fillmore, .... 

Lewis F. Allen, 

Chas. D. Norton, to March 8th, 
Geo. Gorham, from March 8th, 
Guy H. Salisbury, to April 12th, 
Wm. K. Scott, from April 12th, 
Oliver G. Steele 



President. 
Vice-President. 



> Recording Secretary. 

i Cor. Sec'y and Librarian. 
Treasurer. 



1865. 

Millard Fillmore, President. 

Lewis F. Allen, Vice-President. 

Geo. Gorham, to August 8th, \ 

,, ., T , r ,. . _, „„,, r Recording Secretary. 

S. S. Rogers, from September 12th, . . . \ ^ 

Wm. K. Scott, Cor. Sec'y and Librarian. 

Oliver G. Steele, Treasurer. 

IS66. 

Millard Fillmore, President. 

O. H. Marshall Vice-President. 

S. S. Rogers, Recording Secretary. 

Wm. K. Scott, Cor. Sec'y and Libra) ion. 

Oliver G. Steele, Treasurer. 



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1867. 

Millard Fillmore, President. 

O. H. Marshall Vice-President. 

Wm. C. Bryant, Recording Secretary. 

George S. Armstrong Cor. Secy and Librarian. 

Oliver G. Steele, Treasurer. 



1S68. 

Henry W. Rogers, President. 

Albert T. Chester, d. d Vice-President. 

Wm. C. Bryant Recording Secretary. 

George S. Armstrong Cor. Secy and Librarian. 

Oliver G. Steele, Treasurer. 



1869. 

Albert T. Chester, d. d., President. 

Orsamus H. Marshall, Vice-President. 

Wm. C. BRYANT, Recording Secretary. 

Geo. S. Armstrong Cor. Secy and Librarian. 

Oliver G. Steele Treasurer. 

1870. 

Orsamus H. Marshall, President. 

Geo. R. Babcock, Vice-President. 

Wm. C. Bryant Recording Secretary. 

Geo. S. Armstrong, .- . Cor. Secy and Librarian. 

Warren Bryant Treasurer. 

1S71. 

Nathan K. Hall, President. 

Wm. H. Greene Vice-President. 

Wm. C. Bryant Recording Secretary. 

Geo. S. Armstrong, Cor. Secy and Librarian. 

Oliver G. Steele, Treasurer. 

1S72. 

Wm. H. Greene President. 

Orlando Allen, Vice-President. 

Wm. C. Bryant, Recording Secretary. 

Geo. S. Armstrong Cor. Secy and Librarian. 

Geo. S. Armstrong, Treasurer. 



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1873- 

Orlando Allen, President. 

Oliver G. Steele Vice-President. 

Wm. C. Bryant, Recording Secretary. 

Geo. S. Armstrong, Cor. Secy and Librarian. 

Geo. S. Armstrong Treasurer. 

1874. 

Oliver G. Steele President. 

James Sheldon Vice-President. 

Wm. C. Bryant, Recording Secretary. 

Geo. S. Armstrong, Cor. Secy and Librarian. 

Geo. S. Armstrong Treasurer. 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY 

FOR 18 75. 



James Sheldon President. 

Wm. C. Bryant Vice-President. 

Euas O.Salisbury, Recording Secretary. 

Geo. S. Armstrong, Cor. Sec'y and Librarian. 

Geo. S. Armstrong Treasurer. 

COUNCILLORS. 

Pascal P. Pratt, Orsamus H. Marshall, Wm. P. Letchworth, 

Rev. A. T. Chester, D. D. Henry Martin, Wm. H. H. Newman, 

Wm. H. Greene, Francis H. Root, Oliver G. Steele. 



STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 

Finance. — The President, ex officio, Chairman ; Henry Martin, Pascal P. Pratt, 
Oliver G. Steele. 

Library. — Rev. Albert T. Chester, Orsamus H. Marshall, William H. Greene. 

Papers and Property. — William C. Bryant, William P. Letchworth, Elias O. 
Salisbury. 

Donations and Collections. — Oliver G. Steele, Francis H. Root, Pascal P. Pratt. 

Publications. — William H. H. Newman, Orsamus H. Marshall, Albert T. Chester. 

Membership. — William H. Greene, George S. Armstrong, Henry Martin. 



STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SOCIETY. 

On the Increase of the Library. — Alonzo Richmond, William H. Glenny, James 
McCredie. 

On Increase of Members. — Eurotus Marvin, John Sage, George P. Stevenson. 

On Donations and Subscriptions. — Warren Bryant, Gibson T. Williams, William 
K. Allen. 

On Portraits, Pictures and Photographs. — Geo. S. Hazard, E. C. Sprague, S. 
S. Rogers. 

On 'Statistics.— Henry Childs, E.*P. Dorr, John R. Lee. 

On Local History. — Julius E. Francis, Charles E. Young, Myron P. Bush. 

On Indian Reminiscences, etc. — John S. Ganson, Rev. Albert Bigelow, Lorenzo 
D. Gould. 



COLLECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY 



Autograph Letters from Paul Busti and others, to Joseph Ellicott, agent of the 
Holland Land Company, relating to the business of the said company, from May 
18, 1799 to March 15, 1822, The letters for 1807-8 and 9, are missing. In two 
bound volumes, pp. 650 and 1 164. Presented by Professor Ellicott Evans, of 
Hamilton College. 

Autograph Letters, Memoranda and Statements, written and sent to Joseph 
Ellicott, relating to the business of the Holland Land Company, from July 22, 
1795 to December 3, 1S10. In two bound volumes, pp. S26 and 1248. Presented 
by Professor Ellicott Evans. 

Autograph Letters written to Joseph Ellicott by the settlers on the Holland Land 
Purchase and others, relating to the business of the Holland Land Company, from 
January 3, i8j2 to December 9, 1819. In sixteen volumes. 

Autograph Political and Miscellaneous Letters, written by various parties to 
Joseph Ellicott, from December 13, 1S14 to September 15, 1821. In one bound 
volume, pp. 812. Presented by Professor Ellicott Evans. 

Copies of Letters written by Joseph Ellicott to various parties, relating to the 
business of the Holland Land Company, from November 26, 1S00 to August 3, 1821. 
In three bound volumes, pp. 370, 870, and 520. Presented by Professor Ellicott 
Evans. 

Original Land Ledger kept by the Holland Land Company, comprising the 
accounts with the various purchasers of the Inner and Outer lots in the village of 
New Amsterdam, now City of Buffalo, commencing August 1, 1S04. In one bound 
volume, pp. 4S8. 

Original Contracts or " Articles " between the Holland Land Company and the 
settlers, from October 1, 1799 to September 11, 1806, embracing the said Inner and 
Outer lots. In two bound volumes containing 209 contracts. Also the duplicates 
of the above "articles" which were surrendered by the settlers on receiving their 
deeds. 

Manuscript Journal and Memoranda of Transactions relating to the business of 
the Holland Land Company, from January 2, 1801 to January 1, 1813. In two 
bound volumes, pp. 254 and 250. Presented by David E. E. Mix. 

Autograph Journal kept by the Hon. Henry K. Storrs, while Member of Congress 
from Oneida County, containing an account of political occurrences from December 
22, 1825 to May 16, 1S30. In six manuscript bound volumes. Presented by William 
C. Sums, Esq. 



T 9 

Manuscript Account, by the Rev. Jabez B. Hyde, first missionary to the 
Senecas, of the Seneca Mission and the progress of Christianity among the Senecas. 
Dated August 23, 1S20. In one bound folio volume of 31 pages. Presented by the 
lion. Joseph W. Moulton. 

Autograph Journal, kept by Major James Norris, of the expedition of Gen. Sul- 
livan against the Senecas in 1779. One bound volume, pp. 94. Presented by the 
Hon. Joseph Williamson, of Belfast, Maine. 

Manuscript Autograph Narrative, by the Hon. Augustus Porter, of events con- 
nected with the early settlement of Western New York, with a manuscript map of 
the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. Dated March ir, 1S48. In one bound volume 
of I IO pages. 

Copy of the Parish Register of St. Mark's Church in Niagara, Canada, containing 
a Record of Births and Marriages in said Parish, from 1792 to 1829, accompanied 
by an interesting descriptive article contributed by Win, C. Bryant, Esq. Presented 
by Geo. B. Ketchum. 

Autograph Manuscripts of Dr. Francis Adrian Vanderkemp, comprising his 
notices of Buffon's and Jefferson's theories in Natural History. His Autobiography 
written in 1S17. Memoir on the Use of Copper by the Greeks. Tour from the 
Hudson to Lake Ontario, by the way of the Mohawk River, Oneida Lake and 
Oswego River in 1792. Also numerous Autograph Letters of Presidents Adams and 
Jefferson, Governors George and De Witt Clinton, Aaron Burr, and other persons 
of distinction. Presented by Mrs. Pauline E. Henry, of Philadelphia, grand- 
daughter of Dr. Vanderkemp. 

Printed and Manuscript Maps. Those on rollers are arranged on a frame, 
and those in sheets numbered and placed in proper order, in large books, and 
indexed, so that they can all be examined with great facility. 

Obituary Record This commences in 1S11, and embraces the names, ages, and 
dates of death, alphabetically arranged, of all citizens of the age of twenty years 
and upwards, being over 12,000, whose deaths have been published in the Buffalo 
papers. 

Marriage Record. This embraces all the marriages which have been announced 
in the Buffalo papers since the year iSir, including the names of the parties in 
alphabetical order, the dates of marriage in chronological order, and the names of 
the journals in which they were published. Every entry is necessarily repeated, so 
as to be alphabetically arranged under the surname of each party. 

These two records of deaths and marriages will at all times be accessible to the 
public, without charge, and will often save hours of perhaps fruitless search among 
voluminous files of papers. 

The Collection of Pamphlets, embracing over 4,500, carefully arranged in one 
hundred and thirty-seven cases, and indexed, is quite valuable, for a large portion 
of which the Society is indebted to its first president, the Hon. Millard Fillmore, 
it being the accumulation of his entire political life. 

Bound Books. The collection is yet small, embracing about 4,Soo volumes. 
Among them are many rare Historical Works. 



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Autograph Signatures and Letters. The collection is valuable, embracing many 
letters of distinguished characters, all carefully arranged and indexed. 

48 Oil Portraits of citizens, and others of life-size, and 

142 Photographs of cabinet size, all arranged on the walls of the Library. 

290 Photographs of smaller size arranged in albums and alphabetically indexed. 

The Society is the depository of many valuable Manuscripts besides those 
enumerated, Indian Relics, Trophies and Mementoes of the recent war, and other 
articles too numerous for detailed description. 

Buffalo Daily Newspapers in Bound Volumes. 
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, from 1S35 to 1875. 
Buffalo Daily Courier, from 1842 to 1875. 
Buffalo Morning Express, from 1S48 to 1868, 1873 to 1875. 
Buffalo Daily Republic, from 1S47 to 1854, 185S to 1859. 
The Daily Democracy, from November 11, 1854 to May 9, 1S55. 
Buffalo Daily Journal, from March 21, 1836 to February 22, 1837. 
Buffalo Daily Gazette, from March 2, 1S43 to February 11, 1845. 
Daily National Pilot, from February 12, 1845 to June 30, 1S46. 
The Morning Advertiser, from April 7, 1855 to November 17, 1S55. 
Buffalo Courier and Economist, from 1842 to 1844. 

Evening Courier and Republic, from January 2 to June 30, 1S62 ; January 2 to 
December 31, 1863. 

Bi'ffalo Weekly Newspapers in Bound Volumes. 

Buffalo Weekly Express, 1854, 1856 to 1858, 1859 t0 l862 - 

Buffalo Weekly Republic, from 1S4S to 1S50, 1S57, I85S ; January 4 to August 
3o. 1S59. 

Buffalo Weekly Journal, from July 24, iS27to November 10, 1829; December 29, 
1S29 to March 30, 1831. 

B iffalo Weekly Journal and General Advertiser, from December 29, 1S29 to 
March 30, 1831. 

Buffalo Whig and Journal, from June 18, 1834 to January 6, 1836. 

Buffalo Patriot and Commercial Advertiser, from January 14, 1834 to November 
22, 1S37. 

Buffalo Emporium, from September 24, 1824 to March 21, 1S29. 

Black Rock Advocate, from February 11, 1836 to February 3, 1837. 

Black Rock Beacon, from January 9, 1822 to April S, IS24. 

Literary Inquirer, vols. 1 and 2, from January 1, 1S33 to October 15, 1834. 

Buffalo Monthly Bound Volume. 
" Far Everybody," vol. 1, from February to December, 1S71. 



CLUB MEETINGS. 



Soon after the organization of the Society, a system of Club meet- 
ings was instituted, which have continued to be held during the 
winter months at private residences by invitation of members. It 
has been customary at each meeting to have an appropriate Paper 
read, followed by such remarks and discussion as the subject might 
suggest. These meetings, in their informal and social character, have 
proved a valuable addition to the constitutional machinery of the 
Society, and have exercised a marked influence in promoting histori- 
cal research among the members. 

The following is a list of the Papers, with the names of the authors 
and the dates when read. Their number and character fully justify 
the wisdom and expediency of this auxiliary organization. 

Those marked thus f have not been deposited with the Society. 



Date. 


Author. 


1863. 
Jan. 23 


O. G. Steele, 


Feb. 


3 


O. M. Marshall, 




3 

3 


Guy H. Salisbury, 
Alden S. Stevens, 




13 


Geo. R. Babcock, 


Mch. 


■ 3 


Wm. A. Bird, 




3 


Curtis L. Brace, 




3 
13 


John A. Vinton, 
Wm. Dorsheimer, 


Apl. 


13 
7 
7 


David Gray, 
Wm. Ketchum, 
Wm. A. Bird, 


June 


2 


Henry Wells, 


J«iy 

Aug. 


14 


N. T. Strong, 
Wm. Ketchum, 


Sept. 


8 
8 


Edvv'd Huntington, 
N. T. Strong, 


Nov. 


17 


Lewis F. Allen, 




23 


C. F. S. Thomas, 


Dec. 


30 
14 


Guy H. Salisbury, 
Charles D. Norton, 




21 


Geo. V. Brown, 




28 


E. S. Prosser, 



Subject. 



Buffalo Common Schools. 

The site where La Salle built the " Griffin." 

Buffalo in 1836 and 1862. 

First Town Sleeting on the H. Purchase in 1803. 

Origin of the name of Black Rock. 

Charters and boundaries of N. Y. and adj'g States. 

" Golden Wedding" of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Brace, 
f Mission among the Indians in Western New York. 
fOn the War of 1 812. 

Poem : Extermination of the Kah Kwahs. 

Origin of the name of Black Rock. 

Origin of the name of Buffalo City. 

History of the American Express Company. 

Traditionary Origin of the name of Buffalo, 
f Letter controverting the above. 
{Record of Canal tolls at Rome, 1813-20. 

Letter as to Origin of the name of Buffalo. 

Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes. 

The Buffalo Press from 1835 to 1863. 

Early history of the Press of Erie County. 

The Old Ferry at Black Rock. 

Voyage of a vessel from L. Erie to Morocco. 

Enlargement of Locks of the Erie Canal. 



Feb. 



Feb. 



1864. 
Jan. 4 

13 
21 

25 
1 

15 
15 
22 
29 
Mch. 14 
21 

2S 
2S 
23 

May 10 

Dec. 10 

26 

1S65. 

Jan. 6 

.6 

16 

21 

23 

6 

6 

13 

13 

13 

20 

20 

27 

27 

6 

13 
20 

27 
27 

Apl. 3 
3 

July 11 

Apl. 3 

June 20 

( >ct. 

I tec. 

1 

1866. 

Jan. 3 

15 
29 

Feb. 6 
21 

Mch. 8 

8 

20 

27 



Mch. 



E. P. Dorr, 
( leo. W. Hosmer, 
L. G. Sellstedt, 
Jno. Wilkeson, 
Wm. A. Bird, 
O. G. Steele, 
Chas. D. Norton, 
O. Stiles, 
Guy H. Salisbury, 
E. P. Dorr, 
A. Bradish, 
A. R. Ketchum. 
Geo. W. Clinton, 
Jno. B. Skinner, 
Henry Lovejoy, 
Henry Daw, 
Ellicott Evans, 

Wm. Dorsheimer, 
N. K. Hall, 
Richard Williams, 
Elijah D. Efner, 
Chas. D. Norton, 
H. W. Rogers, 
L. F. Allen, 
Thomas Blossom, 
Mary W. Palmer, 
Millard Fillmore, 
Geo. W. Holley, 
Millard Fillmore, 
O. H. Marshall, 
Wm. A. Bird, 
W. G. Morton, 
Joseph Dart, 
C. F. S. Thomas, 
Fred. S. Cozzens, 
Albert H. Porter, 
Horace V. Soper, 
Miss Ann Powell, 
Wm. Ketchum, 
Orange Dean, 
Geo. R. Babcock, 
L. F.Allen, 
Geo. W. Hosmer, 
L. F. Allen, 

O. G. Steele, . 
Wm. C. Young, 
Wm. A. Bird, 
N. K. Hall, 
M. S. Ilawley, 
I.. F. Allen, ' 
Wm. II. Greene, 
James L. Barton, 
J. R. Lothrop, 



Subject. 



History of our Lake Commerce. 

Physiognomy of Buffalo. 

Life and Character of Wm. J. Wilgus. 

Manufacture of Iron in Buffalo. 

Boundary survey between the U. States and Canada. 

Biographical sketch of Walter Joy. 

Biographical sketch of Silas Sawin. 
(•Memoir of Judge James Mullett. 

Our Lake Marine: by Capt. A. Walker. 

Insurance. 
I Memoir of Dr. Douglas Houghton. 

Account of the Buffalo Water- Works. 

Obituarv notice of Edward S. Warren. 

Obituary notice of Judge James G. Hoyt. 

On the Early History of Buffalo. 

The building of the " Walk -in-the- Water." 

Reminiscences of Joseph Ellicott. 

Biographical sketch of Thomas C.Welch. 

The Postal Service connected with Buffalo. 

Black Rock Harbor, Pier, Water-power, and F.Mills. 

His Autobiog'phy; War of 1S12; Sketches of Buffalo. 

History of Old Fort Schlosser, etc. 

Biographical notice of Henry Daw. 

His residence in the West from 1818 to 1821. 

Office of the Holland Land Co. in Buffalo. 

Narrative of the loss of the " Walk-in-the- Water." 

Biographical sketch of Asa Rice. 
■(•Sortie of Fort Erie. 

Biographical sketch of Joseph Clary. 

Early His. and Local Names of Niagara Frontier. 

Letter on the " Sortie of Fort Erie." 
(Discovery of anresthetical properties of Ether. 

History of Elevators. 

History of Music in Buffalo. 

Memoir of Col. Peter A. Porter. 

Niagara Falls and vicinity since 1800. 
(History of the Ketchum Mowing Machine. 

Journal fr. Ft. Niagara to Ft.Erieand Buff.Cr. in 17S9. 

Memorial of George Coit. 
fThe Indians of the Six Nations. 

Memorial of George Palmer. 
f Early forwarding merchants of B. Rock and Buffalo. 

History of a New England town. 
{Cholera in Buffalo in 1S32. 

City Sewerage and Sanitary Science. 
Reminiscences of the Erie Canal Survey in 1817. 
Early transportation from Albanj to Buffalo. 
Biographical sketch of S. G. Haven. 
Origin of the Erie Canal. 

Ararat on (band Island, and the "Corner Stone." 
Biographical sketch of Thomas T. Sherwood. 
Early Reminiscences of Buffalo ami vicinity. 
Ozone. 



Date. 


Author. 


1866. 




Mch. 27 


Geo. W. Hosmer, 


May 8 

S 


Joseph Ellicott, 
Wm. Dorsheimer, 


1867. 
Jan. 7 


Richard Williams, 


21 


Lewis A. Morgan, 


24 

28 


John C. Lord, 
George Geddes, 


Feb. 18 


Thos. C. Pitkin, 


Mch. 4 


G. H. Goodrich, 


4, 


Theodotus Burwell, 


4 


Elliott W. Stewart, 


4 


O. II. Marshall, 


Apl. 1 
16 


L. L. Doty, 
H. K. Viele, 


1868. 




Jan. 30 


O. G. Steele, 


Feb. 3 


M. S. Havvley, 


IS 


Jas. O. Putnam, 


Mch. 2 


Orlando Allen, 


16 


Samuel Sizer, 


1869. 
Jan. n 


Theodotus Burwell, 


25 
Feb. 15 
Mch. 1 


John S. Trowbridge 
G. Naphegyi, 
James Sheldon, 


1 


Nathaniel Wilgus, 


15 
15 


George E. Hayes v 

Nathaniel Wilgus, 


29 


H. G.White, 


Apl. 5 
13 


A. T. Chester, 
Orlando Allen, 


1870. 
Jan. 31 


Peter Barker, 


Feb. 25 


Henry W. Rogers, 


Mch. 4 


Henry W. Rogers, 


7 


Wm. H. C. Hosmer 


Dec. 5 


Geo. W. Clinton, 


19 


L. G. Sellstedt, 


1871. 

Jan. 5 


Orlando Allen, 


16 


Wm. A. Bird, 


3i 


Wm. H. Greene, 


Feb. 14 

21 

Mch. 7 


S. S. Rogers, 
G. W. Holley, 
David Gray, 


Apl. 11 


David E. E. Mix, 


1872. 
Jan. 4 


0. G. Steele, 


Feb. j 2 


J. C. Lord, 


26 


V. R. Hotchkiss, 


Mch. 11 


V. R. Hotchkiss, 


25 


A. T. Chester, 


iS73. 
Jan. 13 


V. R. Hotchkiss, 


27 


David Gray, 



Subject. 



Biographical sketch of Rev. Wm. Stiell Brown. 
Letter of, to Simeon l)e Witt, on Inland Navigation. 
[Biographical sketch of Albert H. Tracy. 

Observations in the Great Valley of the West, 
f Indian Architecture. 

Annual Historical Address. 

Origin of the Erie Canal, 
f French and English contest for the State of N. York. 

The Old Houses of Buffalo. 
f Buffalo Lyceum and N. Y. State Normal School Syst. 

Old wreck and stockade near Eighteen Mile Creek. 

Wreck of the " Beaver" in 1763, near Eighteen M. C. 

Sullivan's Expedition against the Senecas. 

On the Life of H. K. Smith. 

Presentation of the portrait of Red Jacket. 

The Erie Canal: Its Origin, Success and Necessity. 

On the Life of Harvey Putnam. 
■{/Sketches of Red Jacket and other Indians. 
f Last days and notices of Baron Steuben. 

Reminiscences of the Bar of Erie Co. 
Memoir of Dr. Josiah Trowbridge. 
Languages of the American Aborigines. 
Reminiscences, General and Local, 1S17-18. 
Military Expedition to Grand Island in 1S19. 
Geology of Buffalo. 

On the Execution of the Three Thayers. 
Reminiscences of Buffalo since 1836. 
On the Life of Col. Benjamin Hodge. 
fOn the Six Nations of New York. 

Early History of the Town of Evans, 
f Wits of the Buffalo Bar. First Paper. 
fWits of the Buffalo Bar. Second Paper. 

Annals of " Hartford," now Avon, Livingston Co. 

On the late Commodore Stephen Champlin. 

On the late Roswell W. Haskins. 

f Personal Reminiscences of the Author. 
fOn the History of Steam. 

Sketch of Judge Horatio J. Stow. 

On the late Charles D. Norton. 

Niagara : Its Geology, History, Incidents and Poetry. 

On the late Guy H. Salisbury. 

Incidents relating to the Holland Purchase. 

Incidents of Travel in Russia. 

On the late Samuel Wilkeson. 
f Voyage down the Volga. 
fVoyage from Tzaritzin to Constantinople. 

On the late Dr. Walter Clarke. 

■{■Observations and Experiences in Constantinople. 
•{Historical Sketch of Robert Burns. 



24 



Date. 


1873. 
Feb. 10 


Mch. 


24 
10 


Dec. 


24 
16 


1S74. 


Jan. 


5 


Feb. 


19 
2 




16 


Mch. 


16 


Apl. 


30 
13 


Jan. 


11 


1875. 


Feb. 


25 
8 




22 


Mch. 


8 




22 


Apl. 


5 



Althor. 



Mrs. Kate Osb'orn, 
Jas. O. Putnam, 
Wm. P. Letchworth, 
A. T. Chester, 
A. T. Chester, 

E. P. Dorr, 
T. M. Bishop. 
C. O. Shepard, 
A. Bigelow, 
O. H. Marshall, 
Jas. O. Putnam, 
L. J. Fletcher, 
A. T. Chester, 

James Sheldon, 
L. Van Bokkelen, 
Wm. Hodge, 
James W. Ward, 
L. W. Miller, 
Geo. W. Clinton, 



Subject. 



{Sketches of the Life of Joseph Brant. 

Life of Hon. John B. Skinner. 

On the late Samuel F. Pratt. 
{A Trip to Nova Scotia. 
fThe " Boston Tea Party." 

Origin and History of the " Monitor." 
{ Early History of Seneca County. 
{Cultivation of the Tea Plant. 
fThe old firm of Juba Storrs & Co. 

La Salle's visit to the Senecas in 1669. 

On the late Judge N. K. Hall. 

The True Site of the Holy Sepulchre. 

The Battle of New Orleans. 

Biographical sketch of Oliver Forward. 
{Pioneer History of the Genesee Valley. 
{ Life and Times of Wm. Hodge, senior. 
{Library of the British Museum. 
{Personal Reminiscences of the Canadian Rebellion. 
{On his Father, De Witt Clinton. 



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ANNUAL MEMBERS 



Abell, William H. 
Adams, S. Cary, 
Alberger, William C. 
Albro, James, 
Allen, John, Jr. 
Allen, William K. 
*Anclerson, Alexander S. 
f Arey, Rev. Charles, 
Armstrong, George S. 
Auchinvole, John, 
*Austin, Benjamin H. 
* Baker, Albert L. 
Baker, Howard H. 
Bancroft, Samuel B. 
Barnes, Dr. Edwin R. 
Barnum, George G. 
Barnum, Stephen O. 
Beals, George, 
Beard, Daniel C. 
Bell, David, 
Bemis, Asaph S. 
Bennett, Edward, 
f Benton, Rev. A. L. 
Best, Robert H. 
Beyer, Philip, 
Bigelow, Rev. Albert, 
Bills, Rev. J. E. 
Birge, Martin H. 
Bishop, Rev. E. R. 
Bishop, Rev. T. M. 
Blanchard, Amos A. 
Blossom, Thomas, 
*Bogert, Lawrence K. 
*Bogue, Rev. II. P. 
Bor'k, Joseph, 
Bovven, Daniel, 
*Brace, Curtis L. 
fBrennan, Barnabas H. 
Brown, R. N. 
Brunck, Dr. Francis C. 
Bryan, George J. 
Bryant, George H. 
Bryant, Warren, 
*Buchanan, R. G. 
Buckham, Rev. H. B. 
*BulI, Absalom, 
Bull, George W. 
Bull, William S. 
Bullymore, Richard, 
Burrows, Roswell L. 
Burtis, Peter P. 

* Deceased. t Remove 



Burwell, Dr. George N. 
Calkins, Rev. Wolcott, 
Carmichael, Robert, 
-Caryl, Benjamin C. 
*Chamberlin, Samuel M. 
Champlin, O. H. P. 
Chapin, Cooley S. 
Chapin, John R. 
Cheesman, William, 
Chester, Rev. A. T., D. D. 
Chester, Leonard H. 
Chester, Thomas, 
Chi Ids, Henry, 
Chi vers, Rev. E. E. 
Church, Alvah, 
Clapp, A. M. 
Clark, Cyrus, 
Clark, Delavan F. 
*Clark, John W. 
Clarke, Charles S. 
*Clarke, Rev. Walter, D. D. 
Clinton, George W. 
Coatsworth, Thomas, 
Cobb, Lorenzo D. 
*Cochrane, A. G. C. 
Cook, Josiah, 
Cook, Rev. P. G. 
*CornwelI, Francis E. 
Cothran, George W. 
Cowing, John H. 
Coye, Schuyler, 
Crumb, Dr. William R. 
Cunningham, Henry S. 
Curtis, Fred B. 
*Cutter, Ammi W. 
Daboll, G. C. 
Dan forth, Frederick L. 
Dann, Edward S. 
Darrow, Charles B. 
Darrow, Noyes, 
Dart, Erastus D. 
Dart, Joseph, 
*Daw, Henry, 
T)ay, David F. 
Day, Hiram C. 
Dean, Bradford C. 
De Forest, Cyrus H. 
Dick, Rev. Alexander, 
Dick, Rev. Robert, 
Dodge, Hampton, 
*Dorsheimer, Philip, 



Drullard, Solomon, 
Dudley, Joseph D. 
Dudley, Joseph P. 
Dunbar, Robert, 
*Efner, Elijah D. 
Elder, Stewart, 
Emslie, Peter, 
Enos, George T. 
*Enos, Laurens, 
Eustaphieve, Alexander A. 
Evans, Charles W. 
Evans, Edwin T. 
Evans, James C. 
Evans, Lewis M. 
Fairchild, Joseph L. 
Falk, Rev. S. 
Farnham, Ammi, 
Farnham, Thomas, 
Farrar, Chilian M. 
Farwell, H. D. 
Felton, John, 
Ferris, Peter J. 
Fields, Samuel H. 
Fisher, George, 
Fisher, J. H. 
*Fiske, William, 
"Flagg, Samuel D. 
Fleming, William, 
Fletcher, Rev. J. L. 
Fobes, William Dana, 
Folwell, Dr. Mahlon B. 
*Forbush, Eliakim B. 
Ford, James E. 
Fowler, James S. 
Fox, Watson A. 
Francis, Daniel, 
Fraser, Rev. David R. 
French, Thomas B. 
Fullerton, James C. 
""Gallagher, Frank B. 
*Galligan, William, 
*Ganson, John S. 
*Gardner, Noah H. 
.Garrett, Cuyler, 
Gay, Rev. William A. 
Germain, Charles B. 
Gilbert, Edwin, 
Glenny, William H. 
Gould, Lorenzo D. 
Graves, John C. 
Gray, David, 



26 



Greene, William II. 
Grey, Ernst ( '•. 
*Grosvenor, Seth II. 
Gurney, William 1 1. 
Haight, Albert, 
Hale, Rev. C. S. 
Hall, Edward J. 
Hall, Nathaniel, 
Hamlen, Robert D. 
Hamlin, Charles W. 
* Harvey, Alexander W. 
Harvey, Dr. Leon F. 
Hathaway, Isaac T. 
Hawks, Thomas S. 
Hawdey, Elias S. 
Hayes, George B. 
Hayes, George E. 
Hazard, Edward E. 
Hazard, George S. 
'"Hazard, Morris, 
Heacock, Rev. G.W., D. D. 
Hearne, Henry, 
Hedge, Charles L. 
Hedstrom, E. L. 
Hefford, R. R. 
Henderson, Rev. John M. 
Hersee, Thompson, 
Heywood, Russell H. 
Hill, Dr. John D. 
*Hodge, Benjamin, 
Hodge, William, 
Holland, Nelson, , 
Holloway, Isaac, 
Holmes, Britton, 
Hopkins, Dr. Henry R. 
Horton, John M. 
Hotchkiss.Rev.V. R..D.D. 
Howard, Austin A. 
Howard, Rufus L. 
Howell, John, 
Howland, Henry R. 
*Hoyt, James ( i. 
Hubbard, Linus, 
Hume, Stevenson. 
Hunt, Rev. S. 
f Hutchins, Rev. Charles L. 
Hutchinson, John M. 
flngersoll, Rev. Edw. d. d. 
Inglehart, Frederick, 
Ives, William, 
Jewell, Josiah, 
'•■"[ones, George, 
*Joy, Walter, 
Keating, Robert, 
Keller, Henry I >. 
Kendall, Rev. C. 
Kent, Henry M. 
Kenyon, Dr. L. M. 
*Ketchum, Jesse, 

♦Deceased, t Removed, 



King, William, Jr. 
Kingslev, Silas, 
Kip, Henry, 
Kniest, Rev. John B. 
Lacy, John T. 
Lansing, Henry L. 
Lamed, J. N. 
Laverack, William, 
Lawrence, S. N. 
Lee, Cyrus P. 
"Lee, George F. 
Lee, James H. 
Lee, R. Porter, 
Lewis, L. L. 
Locke, Franklin D. 
•Longstreet, Christopher, 
*Loomis, Charles K. 
Loomis, Charles T. 
Loomis, Dr. Horatio N. 
Loomis, Thomas, 
Lord, Rev. J. C, D. D. 
*Lothrop, Dr. J. R. 
*Lovejoy, Henry, 
Lyman, William E. 
Lynde, B. A. 
Lyon, James S. 
Lyon, William W. 
Madison, James II. 
f Marshall, Rev. B. D. 
Marshall. Charles D. 
Martin, Frank, 
Martin, V. R. 
Marvin, George L. 
Matteson, Harry H. 
Matleson, P. A. 
Mayhew, Jonathan, 
Maynard, Robert H. 
McCredie, James, 
f McLean, Rev. Alexander, 
"Meech, Asa B. 
Miller, Capt. Frederick S. 
Miner, Dr. Julius F. 
'- Monteath, William, 
Montgomery, Henry, 
Montgomery, Hugh, 
Montgomery, Robert, 
Moore, John 1 I. 
Moore, Mark B. 
Morey, Norris, 
Morgan, 1 )arwin E. 
•|M idler, Rev. D. 11. 
Norton, Charles D. 
Noye, John T. 
Noye, Richard K. 
Noyes, John S. 
( Ittenot, Nicholas, 
Otto, John, 
( >\ ens, Robert, 
Ovens. Walter S. 



*Palmer, George, 
Park, Paid, 
Parke, James B. 
Pattison, Francis G. 
Pease, Frank S. 
Pease, John, 
Peck, William B. 
* Perkins, Thomas G. 
Pierce, Jerome, 
*Plimpton, Liiman K. 
""Porter, Peter A. 
Pratt, Frederick L. 
*Pratt, Dr. Gorham F. 
Putnam, James O. 
Randall, Adley, 
Randall, Milton, 
Reed, Rev. William, 
Remington, Cyrus K. 
Rice, William S. 
*Rich, Andrew J. 
Rich, G. Barrett, 
Richmond, Alonzo, 
Richmond, Henry A. 
Richmond, Jewett M. 
Riester, Fernando J. 
Ripley, Rev. A. P. 
Robertson, George W. 
*Robie, Rev. John E. 
*Robinson, Coleman T. 
Robson, J. O. 
Rogers, B. D. 
Rogers, Sherman S. 
Rogers, Gen. William F. 
*Rounds, George W. 
Rumrill, Henry, 
Sage, John, 
Salisbury, Elias O. 
Saunders, P. D. K. 
*Sawin, Silas, 
Scatcherd, James N. 
Schermerhorn, Rev. M. K. 
Schryver, Allen L. 
Scott, George W. 
Scoville, fohn,' 
Scoville, N. C. 
Scroggs, Gustavus A. 
'-'Sexton, Jason, 
"Seymour, Horatio. 
Sheldon, James, 
Shelton, Rev. Wm., D. D. 
Sheppard, James D. 
Sherman, Robert 1 ). 
'""Sherwood, Albert, 
Sherwood, William ('. 
Shoecraft, Janus P. 
"Shumway, Horatio, 
Sicard, George I. 
Sidw ay, Franklin, 
Sigison, George W. 



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Sill, Edward E. 
Sinwin, Andrew, 
Smith, Mo 
Smith, Patrick, 
Smith, Samuel, 
*Sno\v, R. G. 
South wick, Alfred P. 
Sprague, E. C. 
Stearns, George C. 
Stebbins, William II. 
*Sternburgh, Pearl L. 
Stillman, Horace, 
Stowitz, George H. 
Stringer, George A. 
Strong, John C. 
Strong, P. H., m. n. 
Strobridge, Rev. Geo. E. 
fStuart, Rev. D. M. 
Sweet, Charles A. 
Sweet, Lorenzo, 
Taber, William D. 
Tanner, Alonzo, 
Taylor, Augustus C. 
Taylor, Martin, 
Thompson, A. P. 
Thornton, Thomas, 
Tifft, John V. 



Tilden, J. H. 
Toles, Benjamin, 
Tripp, A. F. 
Tuthill, E. 1>. 
Tweedy, William, 
Tyler, John, 
Urban, George, 
*Utley, Horace, 
Vail, George O. 
Van Bokkelen, Rev. L.D.D. 
Van Buren, James, 
Van Dyke, Rev. L. B. 
*Verplanck, Isaac A. 
Vosburg, William H. 
Vought, John H. 
Wadsworth, George, 
Walbridge, Charles E. 
Walker, I lenry C. 
Walls, John, 
Ward Rev. Henry, 
Ward, James W. 
Wardwell, ( reorge S. 
"-Warren, Edward S. 
Warren, Joseph, 
Watson, S. V. R. 
*Weatherby, John L. 
Webster, Ellis, 



Welch, Samuel M. 
"Wells, Richard IT 
W r eppner, Arnold, 
*Wheeler, Rufus, 
White, Rev. A. D. 
fWhite, E. N. 
*White, Henry A. 
*White, Isaac D. 
White, John, 
*Wilgus, Nathaniel, 
Wilkeson, John, 
Willett, James M. 
Williams, Benjamin IT 
Williams, Frank, 
Williams, Richard, 
Williams, William, 
W : illiams, William Ji 
Wilson, Guilford R. 
Wilson, Leonard, 
Wilson, Robert P. 
Wolffsohn, R. W. 
Wood, Rev. Charles, 
Wood, Francis P. 
W r oodrow, Rev. S. G. 
Wright, Alfred P. 
Wyckoff, Dr. C. C. 



LIFE MEMBERS. 



Allen, Lewis F. 
*Allen, Orlando, 
*Austin, Stephen G. 
Babcock, George R. 
Beals, Edward P. 
Becker, Philip, 
Bird, William A. 
Bowen, Dennis, 
Box, Henry W. 
Brayley, James, 
Bryant, William C. 
*Burwell, Mrs. Maria T. 
Bush, Myron P. 
Cary, Walter, 
Chandler, Henry, 
Clark, Thomas, 
Clement, Stephen M. 



Coit, George, Jr. 
Colie, Samuel D. 
Cornell, Samuel G. 
Dak in, George, 
Deshler, John G. 
Dobbins, David P, 
Dorr, E. P. 
Dorsheimer, William 
Ensign, Charles, 
Fargo, W'illiam G. 
*Fiflmore, Millard, 
Fillmore, M. Powers, 
Francis, Julius E. 
fFrothingham, Rev. Fred. 
*Ganson, John, 
Guthrie, S. S. 
*Hall, Nathan K. 



Hanilin" Cicero j. 
Hawley, Merwin S. 
Hibbard, George B. 
Howard, Ethan H. 
Howard, George, 
Hudson, John T. 
Jewett, Elam R. 
Jewett, Sherman S. 
Lacy, John T., Jr. 
Lee, John R. 
Letchworth, William P. 
Lovering, William, Jr. 
Marsh, Phineas S. 
Marshall, Orsamus II. 
Martin, Henry, 
Marvin, Eurotus, 
Miller, William F. 



Deceased. 



t Removed; 



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Morgan, Amos, 
Morse, David R. 
Newman, William H. H. 
Nichols, Asher P. 
Parker, Perry G. 
Pratt, Pascal P. 
*Pratt, Samuel F. 
Prosser, Erastus S. 
Ramsdell, Orrin P. 
Rochester, Thomas F. 
Rockwell, Augustus, 
Rogers, Henry W. 
Root, Francis 1 1. 
*Rumsey, Aaron, 



Rumsey, Bronson C. 
Rumsey, Dexter P. 
-bury, Guy II. 
Sawyer, James D. 
Scott, William K. 
Sellstedt, L. G. 
Shepard, John D. 
Sherman, Richard J. 
*Sk inner, John B. 
Smith, James M. 
Spaulding, E. G. 
Steele, Oliver G. 
Stevenson, Edward L 
Stevenson, George P. 



Sweeney, James, 
fThomas, C. F. S. 
Tifft, George W. 
Tracy, Francis W. 
Walker, Wm. II. 
*Welch, Thomas C. 
Wells, Chandler H. 
White, Charles H. 
White, George W. 
White, Henry G. 
White, James P. 
Williams, Gibson T 
Woodruff, L. C. 
Young, Charles E. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 



Aigin, James, Delaware, Ohio. 
*Allen, Richard L., New York. 
Alvord, Hon. Thos. G., Syracuse. 
Andrews, Prof. E. B., Marietta, Ohio. 
Atwood, Henry, Lancaster. 
*Babcock, James F., New Haven, Ct. 
Babcock, Marcus L., Batavia. 
Bacon, Leonard, D. D., New Haven, Ct. 
Bailey, Benjamin, M. p., New York. 
Ball, Hon. Gideon J., Erie, Pa. 
Barefoot, Isaac, Brantford, Ont., Can. 
Ballard, Horatio, Homer. 
Barker, lion. Ceorge, Fredonia. 
Barker, Peter, East Evans. 
Barry, Rev. Wm., Chicago, 111. 
Barry,Maj.Gen.Wjn.F.,Washington,D.C. 
*Bates, Edward, St. Louis, Mo. 
Baugher, }. F., Reading, Pa. 
* Beers, Seth, Litchfield, Ct. 
Bennett, Henry D., Ann Arbof, Mich. 
Bennett, Joseph, Evans, N. Y. 
Biddle, Hun. Horace I'., Logansport, Ind. 
Bigelow, George, Sardinia. 
Billings, Walter I'., St. Louis, Mo. 
Bishop, Albeit \\ ., kittle Rock, Ark. 
Blake, F. N.,U. S. Consul, Hamilton, Can. 
Blettner, Rev. John.Sault St. Mary.M i( :h. 
Bliss, Jno. 1 1., Erie, Pa, 
Boyd, Prof. Erasmus J., Monroe, Mich. 
Bradish, Prof. Alvah, fredonia. 
Brevoort, 1. Carson, Brooklyn. 
Bristol, </."('., Manchester, N. J. 
Brown, S.( '■ , Pres. 1 lamilton ( )oll , N \ 

* Dec 



Brown, Simon, Concord, Mass. 
Builey, George, Hartford, Ct. 
Bull, Wm. H., Bath. 
Burch, Isaac H., Chicago, 111. 
Burrows, Hon. Lorenzo, Albion. 
Bush, Hon. John T., Clifton, Ontario. 
Bushnell, Charles L, New York. 
Butler, Thomas B., Norwalk, Ct. 
Calkins, W. A., Colden. 
Cameron, Plon. Hugh, La Crosse, Wis. 
Campbell, Wm. W., Cherry Valley. 
Cary, Y. R., Boston, N. Y. 
Caton, Hon. John D., Ottawa, 111. 
Caulk ins, Miss F. M., New London, Ct. 
Chamberlain, Hon. Mellen, Boston, Mass. 
Chapman, Rev. F. W., Rocky Hill, Ct. 
Charlton, Hon.B. E., Hamilton, Out., Can. 
Charlton, John, Lynedoch, Ont., Can. 
Cheney, T. Apoleon, LL.D., Havana, NY'. 
Cherry, Hamilton, Tonawanda. 
Chester, Prof. Albert II., Hamilton Coll. 
Chester, Augustin, Washington, D. C. 
Chester, Rev. Chas. H., Havana, N. Y. 
CI to ter.Col. Joseph Lemuel, London, Eng. 
Chilil, George W., Philadelphia. 
Clark, John, Lancaster, N. Y. 
•■Clark, Joshua, v. R., Manlius. 
*Colegrove, Bela II., M.D., Sardinia, N.Y. 
Collins, Hon. Isaac C, Cincinnati, O. 
Cooke, Josiah P., Jr.,-Cambridge, Mass. 
Cooley, Hon. Thos M., Ann Arbor, Mich. 
•( dniell, Hon. Ezra, Ithaca. 
Cowley, Charles, Lowell, Mass. 



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Craig, Isaac, Allegheny City, Pa. 

Crandall, Hon. Hiram, Syracuse. 

Cruickshank, Ernest A., Fort Erie, Ont. 

Danforth, Elliott, Scoharie Co. 

Darby, John F., St. Louis, Mo. 

Dart, Hon. Win. A., Potsdam. 

Davies, Hon. Henry E., New York. 

Davis, Dr. Chas. H. S., Meriden, Cl. 

Dean, George W., Washington, D. C. 

Dennis, Charles, Jr., Brooklyn. 

De Peyster, Gen. J. Watts, Tivoli, N. Y. 

Dewey, Abner, Evans, N. Y. 

Diven, A. S., Elmira. 

Dodd, Hon. Edward, Argyle. 

Doolittle, Hon. James R., Racine, Wis. 

*Doty, Lockwood L., Albany. 

*Drake, Samuel G., Boston, Mass. 

Draper, Lyman C, Madison, Wis. 

Driggs, Urial, Tonawanda. 

Durrie, Daniel S., Madison, Wis. 

Dutcher, Luther L., St. Albans, Vt. 

Eliot, W. G., St. Louis, Mo. 

Ely, Hon. E. Selden, Cheektowaga. 

Emmons, Dr. C, Concord. 

Erwin, Charles H., Painted Post. . 

Evans, Prof. Ellicott, Clinton. 

Ewell, Dexter, Alden. 

Ewell, Joseph E., Alden. 

Fargo, Wm. C, Syracuse. 

*Fello\vs, Joseph, Bath. 

Fenton, Hon. R. E., Jamestown. 

Flagler, Thomas T., Lock port. 

Fleming, Robert E., Fort Wayne, Illd. 

Flint, Austin, M. D., New York. 

Follett, Oran, Sandusky, O. 

Foote, Elial T., New Haven, Ct. 

Force, Gen. M. F., Cincinnati, O. 

Fosdick, Morris, Springville. 

Foster, Harrison T., Marilla. 

Foster, John, Chicago, 111. 

Fox, Hon. Benjamin, Springfield, 111. 

Fox, Hon. E. Williams, St. Louis, Mo. 

Frank Augustus, Warsaw. 

Freeman, Dr. Samuel, Saratoga Springs. 

Frothingham, W., Albany. 

Gates, Henry K., New York. 

Geddes, George, Camillus. 

Gilman, D. C, New Haven, Ct. 

Gleason, Alfred W., Toledo, O. 

Glowacki, Henry [., Batavia. 

Godfrey, E. W., North Collins. 

*Goodman ( A. T., Cleveland, O. 

Gordon, George Wm., Boston, Mass. 

Gould, Prof. B. A., Cambridge, Mass. 

*Granger, Francis, Canandaigua. 

Gray, Prof. Asa, l.L. D., Cambridge, Mass. 

Gray, Dr. John P., Utica. 

Greenwood, Isaac J., New York. 

* Deceased. 



Hale, A., Minneapolis, Minn. 

Hall, Edwin, P. D., Auburn. 

Hall, Hon. S. II. P., Binghamton. 

Hamilton, Dr. Frank H., New York. 

Hardin, Gen. M. D., Chicago, III. 

Harwood.R. Adm'l A.A.,U.S.N.,Wash'n. 

Havens, A., Wales. 

Hawkins, H. H., Silver Creek. 

Hilgard, J. E., Washington, D. C. 

Hill, Dr. Edgar C, Lewiston. 

Hitchcock, A., Cheektowaga. 

Hoadly, Charles J., Hartford, Ct. 

Hodge, Lorin, Jefferson, O. 

Holley, George W., Niagara Falls. 

Hollister, Gideon N., Litchfield, Ct. 

Hopkins, T. A., Amherst. 

Horsford, Prof. E. N., Cambridge, Mass. 

Hosmer, James K., Deerfield, Mass. 

Hosmer, Wm. H. C, Avon. 

*Hotchkiss, Wm., Lewiston. 

Hough, Franklin B., Lowville. 

Hough, Prof. G. W., Albany. 

Houghton, George F., St. Albans, Vt. 

Hudson, Hon. C, Lexington, Mass. 

Huidekoper, Alfred, Meadville, Pa. 

Hunt, G. B., Clarence. 

Hunt, T. Sterry, LL. D., Boston, Mass. 

Huntington, Edward, Rome. 

Hurd, C. W., Elma. 

Irish, Ira E., East Evans. 

Irvine, Wm. A., Irvine, Pa. 

Jack man, W., Youngstown, 

James, F. H., Lancaster. 

James, John H., Urbana, O. 

Jarvis, Edward, Dorchester, Mass. 

Johnson, Crisfield, East Aurora. 

Johnson, Sir Wm., Montreal, Can. 

Jones, Morven M., Utica. 

Jones, Wm. P., Portsmouth, N. H. 

Judson, , Brant. 

Kellogg, A. Otis, M. D., Utica. 

*Kelly, Wm., Rhinebeck. 

Kendrick, Prof. A. C, D. D., Rochester. 

Kennedy, J. C. G., Washington, D. C. 

*Kerr, J. W.Simcoe.Well. Sq., Ont., Can. 

King, Dr. David, Newport, R. I. 

King, Hon. II., Washington, D. C. 

Kingman, Eliab, Washington, D. C. 

Kirtland, J. P., Cleveland, O. 

*Kite, Nathan, Philadelphia. 

Lake, Hon. Delos, San Francisco, Cal. 

Lathrop, Paul B., Elma. 

"Leake, Isaac Q., Jackson, Mich. 

" s Lee, Prof. Chas. A., M. D., Peek skill. 

Lee, Col. J. E., Washington, D. C. 

Leech, Hiram P., Washington, D. C. 

Lewis, Geo. W., Fredonia. 

Lewis, Maj. J. R., U. S. A., Atlanta, (ia. 



3Q 



*Lewis, Winslow, M. r>., Boston, Mass. 

Loomis, Prof. Elias, LL. D., N. Haven, Ct. 

Lossing, Benson ]., Dover Plains. 

Love, John L., San Francisco, Cal. 

Lovering, Prof. J., Cambridge, Mass. 

'-Luckey, Rev. Samuel, Rochester. 

Lyman, Benjamin, Montreal, Can. 

Lyman, Prof. C. S., New Haven, Ct. 

Maltby, Benjamin, Coklen. 

Margry, Pierre, Paris, France. 

Marvin, Hon. Richard P., Jamestown. 

Marvin, Selden E., Albany. 

McBeth, Dr. J., Wales. 

McMaster, Guv II., Bath. 

McMillan, J. H., Collins. 

Merriam, Hon. C. L., Locust Grove. 

Merritt, J. P., St. Catharines, Ont. 

Minard, John S., Cold Creek. 

Mix, David E. E., Batavia. 

Moore, E. M., Rochester. 

Moore, Geo. H., LL. D., New York. 

Morgan, Hon. E. B., Aurora, Cayuga Co. 

Morgan, Hon. Edwin D., New York. 

Morgan, Lewis II., Rochester. 

*Moulton, Joseph W., Roslyn. 

Mullin, Joseph, Watertown. 

Munsell, Joel, Albany. 

Murphy, Henrv C, Brooklyn. 

Mver, Gen. A. J., Washington, D. C. 

*Mygatt, Henry R., Oxford. 

Nason, Rev. E., Billerica Mills, Mass. 

Neff, L., West Seneca. 

Newberry, Prof. J. S., Columbia College. 

Nice, John, Grand Island. 

Niven, A. C, Monticello. 

*Norton, Hon. Edw., San Francisco, Cal. 

O'Callaghan, E. B., Albany. 

Olmstead, Rev. L. G., Fort Edward. 

O'Reilly, Henry, New York. 

Orr, Alvin, Holland. 

Otis, Calvin N., Cuba. 

Parker, A. J., Albany. 

Parker, N. H., Versailles. 

Parkman, Francis, Boston, Mass. 

Peacock, Wm, Mayville. 

Pearson, Prof. J., Union College. 

Perkins, Prof. G. R., Utica. 

*Person, Chas. 1'., Aurora, Erie Co. 

Peters, Theodore <'., New York; 

Phelps, E. J., Burlington, Yt. . 

Phelps, J. A., Titusville, Pa. 

Phinney, Elihu, Cooperstown. 

"l'liiiuiey, 11. 1'., Cooperstown. 

-Pierce, M. B., Versailles. 

Pierrepont,] [on.W.< L.Pierreponl Manor. 

Plumb, Rev, A. II., < Ihelsea, Mass. 

Fitch, Danvers, ' I 
Porter, A. A., Niagara I 



Porter, A. H., Niagara Falls. 

*Porter, A. S., Niagara Falls. 

-■Porter. P. P., Niagara Falls. 

Potter, A., Last Hamburg. 

Pratt, Elon G., St. Louis,' Mo. 

Pratt, Lyman, Eden. 

Pratt, Zadock, Prattsville. 

Prentice, Hon. A. W., Norwich, Ct. 

Piuvn, Hon. J. V. L., Albany. 

Putnam, Douglas, Marietta, O. 

Randall, H. S., Cortland Village. 

Ransom, Col. H. B., Clarence. 

Read, Hon. J. M., U. S. Min. to Greece. 

Redfield, Heman J., Batavia. 

*Reed, Charles M., Erie, Pa. 

*Rich, C. B., Newstead. 

Rich, Thomas G., Stamford, Ct. 

Riley, Aaron, Aurora, Erie Co. 

Riley, P. D., Holland. 

Safford, Prof. J. M., Nashville, Tenn. 

Sandford, Laura G., Erie, Fa. 

Saxton, Gen. Rufus, U. S. Army. 

Se,iman, E. C, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

Searls, S. W., Wales. 

Severance, C. C, Concord. 

Sewall, E. Quincy, Watertown. 

Sheldon, Henry L., Middlebury, Vt. 

Shepard, CO., U.S. Consul, Leeds, Eng. 

Sherman, D., Forestville. 

Sherman, John, North Collins. 

Shipman, A. B., Syracuse. 

Shipman, Wm. D., Hartford, Ct. 

Silliman, Prof. B., New Haven, Ct. 

Simmons, C. O, St. Louis, Mo. 

Simms, J. R., Fort Plain. 

Simpson, Gen. J. H., Washington, D. C. 

*Skinner, J. B., 2d, Attica. 

' :: "Skinner, St. John, B. L.,Washing'n, D.C. 

Slafter, Rev. E. F., Boston, Mass. 

Smalley, David A., Burlington, \'t. 

Smith, Cephas, East Hamburg. 

Smith, George, Upper Darby. 

"-Smith, Junius A., Batavia. 

Soper, H. I 1 ., Batavia. 

Southwick, Edmund, Evans. 

Southwick, Enos, Collins. 

Southwick, Job, Brant. 

Southwick, Josiah, Evans. 

Spaulding, T,. A., Lock port. 

*Spencer, Piatt P., Geneva, O. 

*Stanley, John M., Detroit, Mich. 

Stannard, Capt. B. A., Cleveland, O. 

Stanton, Wm., Brant. 

Starkey, Rev. ( ». F., Niagara Falls. 

Starr, George W,, Erie, Pa. 

*Stevens, A. S,, Attica. 

Stevenson, Moses, Versailles, N. V. 

St. John, O. S., Willougriby, O. 



1 1 



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Stone, Wm. L., Saratoga Springs. 
Storrs, Wm. C, Rochester. 
Street, A. B., Albany. 
*Strong, Nathaniel T., Irving. 
Taylor, Col. R. M., Washington, D. C. 
Thompson, Rev. M.L.R. P., Cincinnati, O. 
Tillman, Prof. S. D., New York. 
Titus, J. M., New York. 
Trask, Wm. B., Boston, Mass. 
Treat, Judge Samuel, St. Louis, Mo. 
Trott, James F., Niagara Falls. 
Trowbridge, Thos. R., New Haven, Ct. 
Trumbull, J. Hammond, Hartford, Ct. 
*Tryon, A. S., Lewiston. 
Turner, N. A., East Aurora. 
Tyson, Philip R., Baltimore, Md. 
*Upham, C. \V., Salem, Mass. 
Van Campen, George H., Olean. 
Van Cleve, James, Lewiston. 
Van Pelt, Wm., M. D., Amherst. 
Van Rensselaer, Gen. B. F., Albany. 
Van Schaack, H. C, Manlius. 
Van Tassel, T., Salina. 
Vinton, Rev. J. A., D. D., Boston, Mass. 
Wadsworth, James, New York. 
*Wadsworth, James S., Geneseo. 
Waite, John T., Norwich, Ct. 
Waldo, Rev. M., Hornellsville. 
Walker, Edward C, Detroit, Mich. 
Walker, Prof. Chas. R., Detroit, Mich. 
Walker, Rev. J. B. R., Hartford, Ct. 



Wallbridge, T. C, Belleville, Ont. 
*Walworth, R. Hyde, Saratoga Springs. 
W T arren, O., Clarence. 
Washington, P. S., Washington, D. C. 
Weed, Monroe, Wyoming. 
Wells, H., Aurora, Cayuga Co. 
Wendell, George, Mackinac. Mich. 
Wentworth, John, Chicago, 111. 
West, Prof. Charles E., Brooklyn. 
White, Henry, New Haven, Ct. 
Whitehead, A. P., Newark, N. J. 
Whiting, Wm., Boston, Mass. 
Whittlesey, Col. C, Cleveland, O. 
Wilkeson, Samuel, New York. 
Williams, J. B., Ithaca. 
Williamson, Joseph, Belfast, Me. 
■•Willis, Wm., ll. D., Portland, Me. 
'"'Wilson, Dr. Peter, Versailles. 
Wiltse, L. G., Clarence. 
Winchell, Prof. A., Ann Arbor, Mich. 
Winchester, Prof. H., Reading Pa. 
Wing, H. R., Glen's Falls. 
Wood, Lyman, Wales Centre. 
Woodruff, Maj. Israel C.,Washing'n, D.C. 
Woolworth, Samuel B., Albany. 
Worthen, Prof. A. H., Springfield, 111. 
*Wright, Rev. Asher P., Versailles. 
Wright, Judge E., Boston, Mass. 
Young, J. B., Amherst. 
Younglove, T. M., Hammondsport. 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



Bancroft, George, Washington, D. C. 
Barnard, F. A. P., Pies. Columbia Coll. 
^Buckingham, Wm. A., Norwich, Ct. 
*Cass, Lewis, Detroit, Mich. 
Davis, Noah, New York. 
^Dickinson, Daniel S., Binghamton. 
Dix, John A., New York. 
*Everett, Edward, Boston, Mass. 
Fish, Hamilton, Washington, D. C. 
*Fisher, Samuel W., Clinton. 
Hall, Hiland, N. Bennington, Vt. 
Hall, Wm., Sr., Cleveland, O. 
Hamlin, H., Washington, D. C. 
Hawley, Joseph R., Hartford, Ct. 
Hopkins, Mark, Northampton, Mass. 
Jouelt, St. Com'r Jas., Williamston, Mass. 
*King, Charles, LL. D., New York. 
*King, John A., Jamaica. 

* Deceased. 



Lea, Isaac, LL. D., Philadelphia. 
McMaster, James, London, England. 
*Nelson, Samuel, Washington, D. C. 
*Peabody, George, London, Eng. 
Ruggles, Samuel B., New York. 
*Scott, Lt. Gen. Winfield, New York. 
'-Seward, Wm. H., Auburn. 
Seymour, Horatio, Utica. 
'"Storrs, Lucius, Cortland Yillage. 
Swift, Gen., Brooklyn. 
Washburn, E. B., U. S. Min., Paris, Fr. 
Washburn, Emory, Cambridge, Mass. 
Wetherell, Benj. F. H., Detroit, Mich. 
Wilder, Marshall P., Boston, Mass. 
Williams, G. P., LL.D., Ann Arbor, Mich. 
Winthrop, Robt. C, Boston, Mass. 
*\Vool, Gen. John E., Troy. 



INDEX. 



Pace. 

Introduction, ............ 3 

Certificate of Incorporation, ......... 5 

Constitution, ............ 7 

By-Laws, 9 

Officers from Organization of Society, 14 

Officers for 1S75 17 

Committees of the Society, 17 

Committees of the Board of Managers, 17 

MS. Collections of the Society iS 

Obituary Record, ........... 19 

Marriage Record, ........... 19 

Books and Pamphlets, .......... 19 

Oil Portraits and Photographs, 20 

Autographs and Autograph Letters, ....... 20 

Files of Buffalo Newspapers, ......... 20 

Club Meetings, 21 

Catalogue of Papers read before the Society, . . . . . .21 

Annual Members, ........... 25 

Life Members, ............ 27 

Corresponding Members, ....... . . 2S 

Honorary Members, . . . . . . . . . . • 3 1 



FBOM THE 

BUFFALO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 






BUIFIF.A.IILO 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY 



1875. 



PRESIDENT, JAMES SHELDON. 

VICE PRESIDENT Wm. C. BRYANT. 

RECORDING SECRETARY EL1AS O. SALISBURY. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY & LIBRARIAN, . GEO. S. ARMSTRONG^ 

TREASURER GEO. S. ARMSTRONG. 



Pascal P. Pratt, 
Rev. A. T. Chester, 
Wm. H. Greene, 



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Henry Martin, 
Francis H. Root, 



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Wm. H. H Newman, 
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